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UT Health San Antonio obtained $64,848,287 in FY19 from the National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense, industry, and philanthropy to support multi-disciplinary research, teaching, and outreach programs. 

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UT Health San Antonio patented a discovery in protection against traumatic brain injury.

UT Health San Antonio is home to the Biggs Institute for Alzheimer and Neurodegenerative Diseases, dedicated to clinical research on Alzheimer’s.

Clinical trial participation is an invaluable way to contribute to the pursuit of new treatmetns for neurological diseases. Take action today...volunteer and play a role in finding a cure.

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UT Health is a leader in translational research studies on neurodegenerative diseases. We take research from the lab into clinical settings to understand the disease process in the brain and explore innovative ways to intervene and slow or stop disease.

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    Researchers discover genes linked to brain shrinkage

    A new study implicates 160 genes in brain shrinkage seen on MRIs of 45,000 healthy adults. The shrinkage is in the cortex, the dimply outer layer of the brain that gives rise to thinking, awareness and action, and largely consists of gray matter.

    Read the article at UT Health San Antonio's Newsroom
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    UT Health San Antonio, UT Southwestern get $1 million to establish brain bank program

    UT Health San Antonio, through its Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases, along with UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, has received a nearly $1 million grant to establish the Texas Statewide Brain Bank Initiative.

    Read more at UT Health San Antonio's Newsroom
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    Study will compare 2 treatment strategies for severe brain injury

    UT Health San Antonio and University Health System are conducting a research study to learn which of two strategies for monitoring and treating patients with severe traumatic brain injury in the intensive
    care unit (ICU) is more likely to help them get better. Both strategies are used in standard care. It is unknown if one is more effective than the other.

    Read more at UT Health San Antonio's Newsroom
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    Cell antennas lacking in Fragile X syndrome, study finds

    Structures called primary cilia – which act like TV antennas for cells to detect signals – are present in fewer numbers in mice born with Fragile X syndrome, according to researchers from UT Health San Antonio. Study results were published July 30 in the journal Stem Cell Reports.

    Read the story at UT Health San Antonio's Newsroom
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